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Chapter 380: The baby boy’s quiet ’betrayal

Chapter 380: Chapter 380: The baby boy’s quiet ’betrayal

The thinking of children is indeed universal.

Despite how vague Baby Boy was, Guoguo actually understood!

Hearing Guoguo say that, Baby Boy’s tiny face instantly brightened with delight, "Right, right? I thought they were the same too..."

Lately, he’s often been squeezed in between his parents, watching their interactions. To be honest, it’s far more comfortable than seeing Mommy with Uncle Cheng in the past.

Of course, there’s most likely the influence of a blood relationship involved. Baby Boy accepted, and grew attached to Yan Han far quicker, and more deeply, than he did to Cheng Ye.

It’s not that he didn’t have a good relationship with Cheng Ye, but he couldn’t trust or rely on him in the same way he did with Yan Han.

Meanwhile, Zhu Qianying was still worrying about her son being influenced by rumors, when unbeknownst to her, he had already vaccinated himself by observing with his own eyes.

In his current perception, Mommy and Daddy had a really good relationship, just like Uncle Ji and Aunt Han, as well as his younger aunt and uncle.

However, even though she was worried that her son might be misled by the rumors, Zhu Qianying still rejected Yan Han’s proposal to pretend they had reconciled.

First, she didn’t want to lie to her son.

Second, she was genuinely afraid that the act might become real!

At the end of the song, the young child, acting very gentlemanly, guided Little Princess Guoguo to their beaming parents, "Mommy, do you want to dance to the next song?"

Zhu Qianying shook her head, "Baby, Mommy can’t dance!"

Zhu Qianying wasn’t lying; she couldn’t dance, be it to fast or slow-paced music.

"Daddy can dance!" the little boy was very certain.

Zhu Qianying naturally looked towards Yan Han, expecting to make fun of him, but instead saw him nod, "Yes, I can, want to dance?"

Saying that, he stretched out his hand towards Zhu Qianying.

Zhu Qianying quickly waved her hand and shook her head, "No! I’m scared of falling!"

Joking! For the sake of blending in with her dress tonight, she had purposefully worn ten-centimeter heels. Asking her to go on stage and dance? She probably wouldn’t last three seconds before falling flat on her face!

Zhu Qianying, who was well aware of her own abilities, consistently shook her head in denial, regardless of how much Yan Han and Baby Boy coaxed her. Eventually, Yan Han was pulled away by the Ji brothers to drink. Baby Boy, of course, followed his brothers Beibei and Guoguo to play. Zhu Qianying, on the other hand, walked down the corridor towards where Xiao Yu and her mother were.

Halfway there, she coincidentally encountered Xing Bailun with a platter of food.

"Ying Zi! What a coincidence, join me for a bite?"

Zhu Qianying and a few of Xing Bailun’s friends had agreed to dine together before the Spring Festival. After that, they’d each gone their own way and hadn’t seen each other since.

This time for Yan Bo’s wedding anniversary, aside from Yi, Zhu, and Zhu families, the other seven major clans of L City all came to congratulate as well.

Xing Bailun was just drinking with Qi Xiao and the others earlier and was now a bit hungry, so he went to get some food.

"Aaron, weren’t you with Qi Xiao and the others?"

Zhu Qianying naturally joined Xing Bailun and found a place to sit. She had only greeted them during the reception earlier and hadn’t had time to sit down and chat yet.

"They’ve all gone off to flirt with the beauties, leaving me all alone!"

Xing Bailun was joking of course, and Zhu Qianying didn’t take it seriously. After grabbing a glass of juice, she started chatting casually with Xing Bailun.

While they talked, they inevitably brought up the rumors.

"Ying Zi, how’ve you been lately?"

Now, basically everyone in L City knew that the Yan family had had a falling out with the Yi, Zhu, and Zhu families. Coupled with the current whirlwind of rumors, it was normal for Xing Bailun and the others to worry about Zhu Qianying’s predicament.

"I’m doing just fine, right? I’ve got all my limbs. Anyway, I usually work from home, so I just go out less."

Zhu Qianying had no intention of hiding anything about this matter. Plus, it couldn’t be hidden anyway.

"Um, by the way, I’ve heard that Zhu Junwei has found evidence to clear his name. Did you hear about it?"

Zhu Qianying hadn’t heard anything about it.

In fact, about the matters concerning the Zhu and Yi families, she didn’t feel appropriate to ask Yan Han.

She was more comfortable asking Xing Bailun and his friends instead of Yan Han.

"Your expression says you don’t know about it!"

Xing Bailun carefully looked at Zhu Qianying. For some reason, it seemed that she was hiding something from him.

"Yes, I really don’t know, tell me, what evidence did he find?"

Xing Bailun momentarily gathered his lost thoughts, "I heard he found a scapegoat. As for who this scapegoat is, I still haven’t found out."

Zhu Qianying was not a fool. After a little thought, she said, "If someone could take the fall for this kind of thing, it could only be his three brothers. So, it turns out, brothers are meant to take bullets!"

However, this did seem to be Zhu Junwei’s style. If he was a benevolent person, he wouldn’t have plotted against her - his half-sister - along with Yi Wei.

Xing Bailun nodded, agreeing with her words, "Our speculation is similar to yours, but as for who exactly in the Zhu family it is, it’s really hard to say."

Zhu Qianying analyzed a bit, "Zhu Junzhao is his biological elder brother. I assume, he wouldn’t be that ruthless. Zhu Haoming has the support of the Song family. Perhaps he would be somewhat cautious. It seems that only the second eldest, Zhu Haokang, is left."

After analyzing these points, Zhu Qianying couldn’t help but feel relieved

"It seems that I should really be thankful to Zhu Junzhao for having me work as a waitress in the hall that year. If he had entrusted me with an important task, today, I might have been the one framed for Zhu Junwei!"

"Exactly! The Zhu family really is a place full of intrigues. It’s quite an eye-opener!"

All ten major families in L City had their own problems, but the most intense internal conflict between brothers was in the Zhu family. And the source of all these conflicts was none other than Zhu Zhizhou himself.

However, for Zhu Qianying now, these were just another entertaining drama.

But, Zhu Qianying’s guess was quickly overturned.

And the answer she got was quite shocking.

"Who said it was Zhu Haokang? It was Zhu Junzhao!" This was said by the Second Young Master of the Ji family, Ji Huan, so it was naturally highly credible.

"Really? Are you sure it’s Zhu Junzhao?" Subconsciously, Zhu Qianying seemed to smell a heavy scent of blood in the air.

"Indeed, it is! I’m sure the police will publicize this matter soon." Ji Huan said this while Zhu Qianyu was present. Comparatively, Zhu Qianyu found this possibility even harder to accept than Zhu Qianying.

"Why? Aren’t they biological brothers?"

Ji Huan curled the corners of his lips, revealing a mocking smile, "Exactly because they are biological brothers that they are easier to use, isn’t it?"

Zhu Qianying immediately understood!

So, not only did Zhu Junwei have his biological brother Zhu Junzhao take the blame for him, but he did so willingly!